Saban Films will be giving the Jason Momoa Western The Last Manhunt a theatrical and VOD release this Friday, November 18th, and in anticipation of that date we’re proud to share an EXCLUSIVE clip from the film that gives a preview of how badass Momoa’s character is. You can watch it in the embed above.
In addition to starring in The Last Manhunt, Momoa also served as an executive producer and crafted the story with screenwriter Thomas Pa’a Sibbett, drawing inspiration from the oral history of the Chemehuevi tribe of California. The film has the following synopsis:
In 1909, amidst the dying old west, Willie Boy, a long distance Desert Runner by Chemehuevi tradition, falls in love with young native beauty, Carlota. Carlota’s father, a Chemehuevi shaman and local tribal leader, refuses to let the young couple be together. In a fatal confrontation, Carlota’s father falls dead to an accidental gun shot and the young lovers flee to the sun enslaved Mohave desert. The local sheriff leads a mounted posse armed with fire power and two Native American trackers seeking justice for their “murdered” tribal leader. Willie Boy and Carlota evade capture outlasting the men and their horses. However, fake news stories meant to sell papers adds to the mounting pressure to capture Willie Boy. In a desert that purifies all, the search for Willie Boy forces everyone to face their own demons in this tragic tale of love, death, and desert heat.
Momoa is joined in the cast by Martin Sensmeier (The Magnificent Seven), Mainei Kinimaka (See), Zahn McClarnon (Doctor Sleep), Lily Gladstone (Billions), Raoul Max Trujillo (Apocalypto), Brandon Oakes (Blood Quantum), Wade Williams (Gangster Squad), Jamie Sives (Guilt), Justin Campbell (The Hurt Locker), Mojean Aria (The Enforcer), Amy Seimetz (A Horrible Way to Die), Charlie Brumbly (Baywatch), Tantoo Cardinal (Wind River), Tim Delano (Dating to Kill), David Bornstein (Turning the Page), and newcomer Skyler Anselmo.
The Last Manhunt was directed by Christian Camargo, who has primarily been working as an actor since the late 1990s and does have an acting role in the film as well. Camargo previously directed the 2014 drama Days and Nights.
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